The retired general of the Peruvian Army, Juan Rivero Lazo, was released by the INPE, in compliance with the sentence issued by the Constitutional Court after having approved a habeas data appeal in his favor.
Rivero Lazo was released from the Virgen de la Merced prison, in Chorrillos, after spending 25 years in prison for the Barrios Altos case and other operations linked to the Colina Group.
As is known, the Constitutional Court declared the modification of the sentence calculation justified, pointing out that there were errors in the calculation of the prison time.
The highest interpreter of the Constitution determined that the beginning of the calculation of the sentence for the Barrios Altos case should begin on December 16, 1993 and end on October 8, 2024; instead of the period from April 8, 2001 to April 9, 2026.
Rivero Lazo, who is currently 83 years old, served as director of the Army Intelligence Directorate (DINTE) between 1991 and 1992. He was sentenced to 25 years in prison for the cases attributed to the Colina Group.
Regarding the reasons for his release, Rivero Lazo himself acknowledged that he had already served his sentence. “I was released because 6 years and 7 months ago I served all my sentences”
In addition, he revealed that his job, at the time of the Colina Group, was that of an advisor and that he did not do “field work” nor did he have “command.”
“At that time I was the director of intelligence, who is an advisor to the commanding general in the field of intelligence, who does not command, who does not do operations, who does not do field work, because we are advisors. In any company, the advisor He has no control and in my case the same,” he told Canal N.
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